APC candidate Godwin Obaseki has described the nomination of Mr. Philip Shuaibu as his running mate by the APC state caucus as one of the best things to have happened to the youths of the state.

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GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu has narrated how he and a few others braced the odds in 2007 to make Comrade Adams Oshiomhole the governor of Edo State.

The temptation to believe that Ayodele Fayose was now also among the prophets of God was a serious temptation last Friday at the rally ground at the centre of Ado Ekiti. On the rostrum was Fayose attired in a flowery T-shirt upon a pair of jeans trousers reeling out bible verses or the Word of God as his defence against the goliaths he claimed were ranged against him. His fight of faith which was intermittently laced with political histrionics was enthusiastically lapped up by the audience that consisted mostly of the working class. His audience bussed in from various parts of the town to Ojumose Roundabout in the centre of town hung on to every word of the prophet who shouted and railed as a prayer warrior in combat against a host of darkness set to entrap him into hell. Fayose fought with the word which has lately become his sword in the increasingly trenchant political warfare directed against him from various quarters.

Mr. Philip Shuaibu, a first term member of the House of Representatives, former member of the State House of Assembly and a godson of the outgoing governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has emerged as the running mate of the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

Comments by the state chairman of the APC, Mr. Anslem Ojezua to the effect that the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun removed 115 names from the delegates list prior to the primiaries have sparked internal revolt.

A chieftain of the PDP, Mr. Osazee Jesuorobo has described the attack on Chief Tom Ikimi by Mr. Charles Idahosa over his statement at the flagging-off ceremony of the party at the Nigerian Baptist Convention concerning the construction of the emergency wing of the Central Hospital, Benin as reckless and irresponsible.

Journalist and governorship candidate of the Progressive People Alliance (PPA), Mr. Thomas Sadoh, has declared his readiness to snatch power from politicians and provide the necessities of life to commoners in the state.

THE leadership of the APC in Edo State has intensified efforts to reconcile the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu with the party to having his support for the party’s candidate.